Crane now in place at the site of Oxford's EY Tower, image by Jack Landau

EY Tower is being built on the site of the former Concourse Building, a 16-storey Art Deco structure which was recently taken down to make way for the project. The south and east façades of the heritage structure have been carefully dismantled and will be reincorporated into the façade of the new office tower.

Looking north across the EY Tower site, image by Jack Landau

The site is notable for the temporary bridge which extends over the excavation pit. Rarely needed at construction projects, the bridge connects the complex's existing loading docks to the west with Sheppard Street to the east while allowing excavation and construction to proceed below.

Looking south across the EY Tower site, with temporary bridge visible in the centre, image by Jack Landau

The bridge will be dismantled once a new permanent ramp is built adjacent to it as part of the new tower.

When complete, the EY Tower will be seek LEED Platinum status, with building efficiency features including on-demand fresh air, daylight and motion sensors, state-of-the-art lighting controls, bicycle storage, change rooms, showers and electric car parking. Completion of the project is currently slated for the Summer of 2017.

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EY Tower will be a 900,000 sf LEED Platinum Class AAA building located at 100 Adelaide Street West, between Bay and York Streets. Designed by world renowned architects Kohn Pederson Fox and assisted...